The archives
have been greatly enhanced resulting from the conversion of the maillist
software to Listserv,
which provides for wonderful archives, including the following features:
Instant and continuous up-dating
at the archive
web page.
Though comprehensive, the search
tool is limited.
Monthly lists can be
sequenced by author name, date or by the concept thread that unites them.
Spiffier (but more limited,
to the most recent ~2 years) archives are available at these sites:
Search capabilities at both
of these sites are better than the “home”
archive site.
eScribe
is faster of all these to use, but has only the last 2 years (or so) of
stored messages.
GUIDELINESfor
how the list functions, subscription instructions and tips for cordial
net-relations are on a
separate page.
The
original search site for Occ-Env-Med-L, still useful since it also
includes the SAFETY forum,
the IH list, or Health-&-Safety Canada)
Search at the
original SIRI
The Vermont
SIRI SAFETY folks have done a terrific job retaining archives from
each mail-list.
I also suggest looking at some of the other great
stuff on their pages, at the original site or the mirror
site (just in case)
Sequential
If you want to follow a particular conversational thread,
the list archives can be visited in monthly collections (truly unedited
files showing who said what and when), and do reveal the subject lines.
This is where it’s obvious how much more useful it is to answer queries
to the list and not just to the questioner. *IF* you see an unanswered
query and need the answer, consider posting a personal message to the individual
who posted the original question. He / She may have some answers which
never made it to the list-as-a-whole, sent by smart but shy OEM-L
readers.
Replies
Replying to these messages will be difficult:
1) a major delay may have passed since the message
was first posted
2) there is no direct “reply” capacity, requiring
manual cutting and pasting
3) the software that manages the OEM-L mail-list
does not accept messages from non-subscribers. Thus, if you want to communicate
with the community of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, you need
to join
the forum first.
If you have any questions regarding
this page or Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Duke,
please contact Gary
N. Greenberg, MD, MPH.
The Occ-Env-Med-L Mail-list and these resources
originated and are distributed from Duke
University Medical Center. As faculty member, Dr. Greenberg is allowed
to run this cyber-outreach without interference, and the five servers where
these aggregate materials are housed (office-mail, home-mail, web-pages,
gopher-text, mail-list) are each part of the University’s global infrastructure,
provided without direct or proportionate user fees.